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. >> that, of course, was senator mitch mcconnell and here we have the majority leader in the senate, harry reid. let's listen in for a second. >> the house has reported by the press and we all know, one of the plans didn't have a name, it wasn't plan b. i don't know which plan it was because they've had a number over there. but this plan was to show the american people that the $250,000 ceiling on raising taxes wouldn't pass in the house. why didn't they have that vote? because it would have passed. they wanted to kill it. the speaker wanted to show everybody that it wouldn't pass the house. but he couldn't bring it up for vote because it wouldn't pass. republicans -- a myriad of republicans think it's the fair thing to do and of course every democrat would vote for that. the republican leader finds himself frustrated that the president has called on him to help address the fiscal cliff. he's upset because, quote, the phone never rang. he complains that i have not passed the resolution to pass the fiscal cliff but he's in error. we all know that in july of this year we passed in the
. >> that, of course, was senator mitch mcconnell and here we have the majority leader in the senate, harry reid. let's listen in for a second. >> the house has reported by the press and we all know, one of the plans didn't have a name, it wasn't plan b. i don't know which plan it was because they've had a number over there. but this plan was to show the american people that the $250,000 ceiling on raising taxes wouldn't pass in the house. why didn't they have that vote? because it...
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i think the key player is mitch mcconnell to watch. we're getting potentially more information about what is happening next. our capitol hill producer deidre walsh was there when some of the leaders returned and she spoke with nancy pelosi who said this meeting was constructive and candid. here's what is especially interesting. nancy pelosi told reporters that the president led a meeting that ended with senators reid and mcconnell trying to work something out between the two of them. now it seems like we've gone from a process that was president obama and speaker boehner and then today to five leaders back to two. and those two, for the moment, seem to be senator reid and senator mccon until. also, i had a source in senator mcconnell's office who said we should be getting a statement from the republican leader of the senate any time now. so that statement will tell us a lot, candy. >> it will. but we also know that even though it's in the senate hands now which is basically where speaker boehner tossed it when he couldn't get his plan
i think the key player is mitch mcconnell to watch. we're getting potentially more information about what is happening next. our capitol hill producer deidre walsh was there when some of the leaders returned and she spoke with nancy pelosi who said this meeting was constructive and candid. here's what is especially interesting. nancy pelosi told reporters that the president led a meeting that ended with senators reid and mcconnell trying to work something out between the two of them. now it...
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doesn't speak for mitch mcconnell. and they don't support the things he was saying about rape and so forth. >> we've invited him to join us in the next two hours. see if he makes a call. if he wants to join us, he's more than welcome. get his last words before the 6:00 p.m. eastern deadline. thanks very much. we'll standby for breaking news. if it happens on that front. meanwhile, abortion is now center stage in the battle for the white house. only a week before the start -- less than a week i should say before the start of the republican convention republicans have just approved a tough new platform against the politically charged issue. and there are concerns there could be some fallout for mitt romney. let's get the latest. our cnn political reporter, peter hamby first broke the story of the abortion platform stance. what is the latest on this sensitive subject, pete? >> reporter: you're right, wolf. the it's the only story coming out of tampa today. basically what's happening just a few feet from me is the republic
doesn't speak for mitch mcconnell. and they don't support the things he was saying about rape and so forth. >> we've invited him to join us in the next two hours. see if he makes a call. if he wants to join us, he's more than welcome. get his last words before the 6:00 p.m. eastern deadline. thanks very much. we'll standby for breaking news. if it happens on that front. meanwhile, abortion is now center stage in the battle for the white house. only a week before the start -- less than a...
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so i think you're going to be hearing a lot more about what mitch mcconnell just said with republicans saying -- they're going to say this is the largest tax increase to come down the pike. maybe in history. >> it's a little awkward for the romney campaign to be doing that because romney supported a mandate, an individual mandate in massachusetts with penalties, ie, tax increases in massachusetts. >> right. >> so it's an argument he's going to have a tough time making. >> that's wlie during the primaries, wolf, as you recall, rick santorum was out there making the argument, mitt romney is not the man to argue against obama care. >> he didn't say that. he said he was the worst man to make the argument. that's what rick santorum said then. >> and now of course he's supporting mitt romney, but for that very reason he said he can't make the case. however, i do believe now that there's one candidate against the incumbent president that mitt romney will be making that case and that republicans have no choice but to follow him because he's their presumptivive nominee. >> he certainly is. you
so i think you're going to be hearing a lot more about what mitch mcconnell just said with republicans saying -- they're going to say this is the largest tax increase to come down the pike. maybe in history. >> it's a little awkward for the romney campaign to be doing that because romney supported a mandate, an individual mandate in massachusetts with penalties, ie, tax increases in massachusetts. >> right. >> so it's an argument he's going to have a tough time making....
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>> reporter: i actually asked the senator republican leader, mitch mcconnell, about that. it was really mitt romney dissing him and other republicans here for going along with this deal known as sequestration, automatic spending cuts. i want you to listen to the exchange that i had with him, but i also want you to look at the forced smile on mitch mcconnell's face. >> look, i don't have any interest in getting into a debate with the nominee of our party. i know -- i know you'd like me to do that, but i don't have any interest in doing that. you'll have to ask him why he said what he said. >> so he clearly didn't want to engage there. as for house speaker, john boehner, he was, of course, the one who was having the direct negotiations, ill-fated negotiations, with president obama, on the whole idea of cutting the budget, wicutting t deficit. that did not work and led to this whole sequestration. he responded to mitt romney's criticism by defending his own role. listen to that. >> listen, it was certainly a difficult -- a difficult time. i still look at my failure to come to
>> reporter: i actually asked the senator republican leader, mitch mcconnell, about that. it was really mitt romney dissing him and other republicans here for going along with this deal known as sequestration, automatic spending cuts. i want you to listen to the exchange that i had with him, but i also want you to look at the forced smile on mitch mcconnell's face. >> look, i don't have any interest in getting into a debate with the nominee of our party. i know -- i know you'd like...
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. >> this must make mitch mcconnell crazy. >> oh, i can't even imagine. >>> thanks very much. former president bill clinton is sounding off on one of the key international issues of this election campaign. what to do about iran and the claim by iranian leaders that they're not pursuing a nuclear weapon. he spoke with cnn's piers morgan today. listen to this. >> what they're really saying is in spite of the fact that we threatened israel, demonized the united states, we do all this stuff, we want you to trust us. in spite of the fact that we won't cooperate with the international regime set up to avoid an arms race in the middle east and set up to avoid nuclear proliferation, we want you to trust us. so they don't have a tenable position. they don't have a tenable position. >> do you trust ahmadinejad? >> not on this i don't. >> why should america be allowed nuclear weapons? why should israel who've never admitted they have them, why should they be permitted to have them? why should many countries be allowed nuclear weapons and not iran? >> well then why isn't he going for some
. >> this must make mitch mcconnell crazy. >> oh, i can't even imagine. >>> thanks very much. former president bill clinton is sounding off on one of the key international issues of this election campaign. what to do about iran and the claim by iranian leaders that they're not pursuing a nuclear weapon. he spoke with cnn's piers morgan today. listen to this. >> what they're really saying is in spite of the fact that we threatened israel, demonized the united states,...
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and can you go back to, if boehner is still in power and mitch mcconnell is the minority leader in the senate, can you go back to the brand bargain that they try to put together in 2011. so some version of, you know, simpson-bowles will be the first thing they do no matter who is elected. but if obama is reelected, you also say he's going to make a major push on the environment, also immigration reform. >> i think this is a choice for the president. if you look at the unfinished business, the stuff he started laying out in 2007 and 2008, but was not able to accomplish in the last few years, i think the two biggest things are one, something substantial on climate change, and then, two, a comprehensive immigration reform. and if you think through the politics of those two things. i think it's very unlikely, and i couldn't get almost anyone at the white house to tell me it was likely, that he would push hard on climate change. that the economy will prevent the politics for that issue from changing. if he manages to win and he manages to get through the fiscal cliffs, that the first big do
and can you go back to, if boehner is still in power and mitch mcconnell is the minority leader in the senate, can you go back to the brand bargain that they try to put together in 2011. so some version of, you know, simpson-bowles will be the first thing they do no matter who is elected. but if obama is reelected, you also say he's going to make a major push on the environment, also immigration reform. >> i think this is a choice for the president. if you look at the unfinished business,...
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. >> the democrats to have what mitch mcconnell said early on, the number one goal of the republican is also to defeat the president. make sure he doesn't serve a second term. >> when you say that, what is the public supposed to think? and it gives the president an opportunity. >> so tw the question the democrats can't seem to escape, are you better off now than you were four years ago? but some answers could create a major stumbling block before the convention begins. i'll ask the chair of the democratic national committee, debbie wasserman schultz. plus vice president joe biden is addressing the question head on. and he isn't mincing words. continuing to lend and investe in communities across the country. whether it's supporting a delaware nonprofit that's providing training and employment opportunities, investing in the revitalization of a neighborhood in the bronx, or providing the financing to help a beloved san diego bakery expand, what's important to communities across the country is important to us. and we're proud to work with all of those who are creating a stronger future
. >> the democrats to have what mitch mcconnell said early on, the number one goal of the republican is also to defeat the president. make sure he doesn't serve a second term. >> when you say that, what is the public supposed to think? and it gives the president an opportunity. >> so tw the question the democrats can't seem to escape, are you better off now than you were four years ago? but some answers could create a major stumbling block before the convention begins. i'll...
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i asked senate republican leader mitch mcconnell what's wrong with this bill when he and others supported disclosure before. >> me? >> i'm sorry. you, senator, why are you opposed to this disclosure act? >> glad you asked the question, joe. this is about selective disclosure of 501 c 4s with a huge carve-out for labor unions so the law doesn't have to apply to them. there's no balance. it's not appropriate. >> reporter: what mcconnell is saying is that democrats are trying to shield their rank and file friends in organized labor who pay less than $10,000 in dues from getting outed by the federal election commission. i asked senate democratic leader harry reid about that. why should unions and other associations that pay dues also have to disclose that information? >> everyone is bound by this. unions -- the only reason we had the upper limit is we thought that perhaps with the nra having so much power on the republicans that we would raise that to $10,000, which we were told would make them happy. but it didn't make any difference to the republicans. >> reporter: so do mcconnell and reid'
i asked senate republican leader mitch mcconnell what's wrong with this bill when he and others supported disclosure before. >> me? >> i'm sorry. you, senator, why are you opposed to this disclosure act? >> glad you asked the question, joe. this is about selective disclosure of 501 c 4s with a huge carve-out for labor unions so the law doesn't have to apply to them. there's no balance. it's not appropriate. >> reporter: what mcconnell is saying is that democrats are...
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listen to mitch mcconnell, top republican in the senate when he was asked about romney releasing his tax returns. >> i wish the president would let us know what he knew about fast and furious. he is in office, that's directly related to his re-election, his performance. those are the kinds of disclosure issues if you will that i think the american people are really interested in. the campaign can speak for itself on its strategy. >> as you know, the attorney general of the united states has been held in criminal contempt by the house of representatives, the body you used to serve, for not releasing all of the documents they want in this botched investigation. >> the administration, the white house and effected agencies have issued thousands of -- >> not all of the documents -- >> that will be litigated. but nobody can say anybody is hiding the essence of what -- >> republicans are saying that. >> fine. but the point is that governor romney and the presidential race, it is not about how the obama people would respond, how the decrats will respond, this is about the american people's r
listen to mitch mcconnell, top republican in the senate when he was asked about romney releasing his tax returns. >> i wish the president would let us know what he knew about fast and furious. he is in office, that's directly related to his re-election, his performance. those are the kinds of disclosure issues if you will that i think the american people are really interested in. the campaign can speak for itself on its strategy. >> as you know, the attorney general of the united...
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look, both speaker boehner and mitch mcconnell, the minority leader, said in the last few days we're willing to put tax revenue increases on the table. that's a big kmie on republicans that have been staunchly anti-tax in the past. this is a situation where you have to meet in the middle. two years ago we did get a deal where we extended the tax cuts but president obama said the economy is too weak for a tax increase. what's different today than two years ago. the economy is weaker today than when president obama did this in 2010? >> i think we can certainly talk about when all of these deficit reduction measures took effect because the economy is so week. but we cannot, as you just said, sustain trillion dollar deficits. we now have a lever, a cliff, whatever you want. we have an almost unique moment in time where congress has to do something. i think if we let this moment pass without having meaningful deficit reduction, a year from now or not, i'm open to discussing that. >> we're out of time, but very quickly to you steve moore, i have no doubt personally with the president and t
look, both speaker boehner and mitch mcconnell, the minority leader, said in the last few days we're willing to put tax revenue increases on the table. that's a big kmie on republicans that have been staunchly anti-tax in the past. this is a situation where you have to meet in the middle. two years ago we did get a deal where we extended the tax cuts but president obama said the economy is too weak for a tax increase. what's different today than two years ago. the economy is weaker today than...
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you're aware of what mitch mcconnell said years ago when the president was first being inaugurated. number one goal to make the president a one-term president. we know that republicans were conspireing on the night of the president's inaugural to block anything from getting through so the president wouldn't have a record. well, he does have a record. through his own initiative, through executive actions to move this country forward and also passed monumental legislation whether it's holding wall street accountable, playing by the same rules as main street, historic health care reform. after 70 years of trying we have historic health care reform. peel all over the country benefiting from it. tax cuts. on average, middle class family's taxes $3,600 less than when we took office. the president turned the economy around. we have more work to do. he has a yaend to do that. we need willing partners. he talked about the election as breaking the fever. the reason we don't have a deficit reduction deal, the reason why we're dealing with sequesters is because republicans won't give an inch. w
you're aware of what mitch mcconnell said years ago when the president was first being inaugurated. number one goal to make the president a one-term president. we know that republicans were conspireing on the night of the president's inaugural to block anything from getting through so the president wouldn't have a record. well, he does have a record. through his own initiative, through executive actions to move this country forward and also passed monumental legislation whether it's holding...
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mcconnell. is he planning on sitting down with those two republican leaders any time soon? is the white house saying? >> reporter: there's nothing announced for a leaders meeting so far. but i am certain, wolf, that that will be coming because there's such important negotiations ahead. i'm told that the president's conversation with speaker boehner was courteous, it was brief. and i'm told that they also discussed the importance of keeping their public statements vague or general enough so that they leave themselves enough private negotiating room to get a deal done to avoid the fiscal cliff, wolf. >> that's probably smart too. thanks very much for that, jessica. let's dig a little bit deeper right now with our chief political analyst gloria borger. isn't his responsibility right now though to take the first step, offer a proposal to boehner, to mcconnell, to the republicans? we assume that the democrats, nancy pelosi would go along and harry reid would go along with the president. >> well, i th
mcconnell. is he planning on sitting down with those two republican leaders any time soon? is the white house saying? >> reporter: there's nothing announced for a leaders meeting so far. but i am certain, wolf, that that will be coming because there's such important negotiations ahead. i'm told that the president's conversation with speaker boehner was courteous, it was brief. and i'm told that they also discussed the importance of keeping their public statements vague or general enough...